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Sailing on the breath of a prehistoric yawn. Notes on Cambodia and Thailand

I said goodbye to Scotty a few days ago, he left for Australia to see his father, and I've spent the remainder of my travels…

neilcoppenFebruary 16, 2019

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Atlantic crossing Journals.

PART 1 Greetings from a land where the sea water is the colour of an overpriced Caribbean cocktail, the locals all talk like Bob…

neilcoppenJuly 13, 2017

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You’ll find me in the Summer when the snow melts.

Dear Goose You'll find me in the summer when the snow melts. I took a tumble in the winter, tripped on an oversized ski- boot,…

neilcoppenJanuary 28, 2013

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Durban’s Endangered Art Deco Empires

To this day the Art Deco style remains a contentious and oft disputed entry into the Architectural journals and history books. With its penchant for…

neilcoppenDecember 7, 2009

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In Search of Macondo- Travels with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (part 2)

Its not easy finding the road that leads into the fabled Colombian town of Aracataca--that is despite its reputation as s Nobel Prize winning author…

neilcoppenMay 13, 2008

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In Search Of San Pedros Keys (The Wiz of Hauncabamba ) Part 2

The maestro ushers me into the basement of his homestead. A cramped room with cattle hides carpeting the floor and a raised altar (messa) at…

neilcoppenJanuary 11, 2008

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Feliz AÃ±o 2008- Haunchaco and the Hurricane Protection Pitch

Strange but refreshing company I had to see in the New Year. The morning of arriving in Haunchaco, a sea side village ten minutes from…

neilcoppenJanuary 2, 2008

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Peru (part 1) Pageant of the Bizaare

Funny morning, stepped out of my hostel room only to be nearly trampled by two deranged llamas bolting down the cobbled streets, one frisky for…

neilcoppenDecember 16, 2007

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Bolivia (part 2) Above and Below

A visit to the Patosi Silver Mines in Bolivia, to get an alternative view of the state of things, proves both frightening and enlightening. A…

neilcoppenDecember 16, 2007

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Bolivia (part 1) Part Dickens, Part Dr Seus

If not for the festive folk music, phycadellic salt pans, flamingo infested lakes, pits of sulphurous belching earth, I´d say im fond of Bolivia for…

neilcoppenDecember 16, 2007

Sailing on the breath of a prehistoric yawn. Notes on Cambodia and Thailand

Atlantic crossing Journals.

You’ll find me in the Summer when the snow melts.

Durban’s Endangered Art Deco Empires

In Search of Macondo- Travels with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (part 2)

In Search Of San Pedros Keys (The Wiz of Hauncabamba ) Part 2

Feliz AÃ±o 2008- Haunchaco and the Hurricane Protection Pitch

Peru (part 1) Pageant of the Bizaare

Bolivia (part 2) Above and Below

Bolivia (part 1) Part Dickens, Part Dr Seus

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